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LINK TO THE NEWS POST with details

Community-Oriented Update
Hey there guys, we've decided it's time for new staff applications!
You can apply as a Moderator or a Helper:

Moderator Application - LINK
Helper Application - LINK

Moderation Changes
We've noticed there's a culture of members going to different mods to try and get different answers, so we're trying to avoid that.

We think the Modbox should be the center of any issues and questions to staff. We urge you to use that instead of PMing our staff.
Because of that, we are giving our staff the ability to turn your PMs into tickets and handle you via Modbox in this new, awesome way that will also give you notifications.

To avoid PMing mods too much though, we have removed the Staff Online list, and just keep the overall list which also emphasizes on using the Modbox rather than PMing staff members.

From now on, moderation will be done via a unified moderator account. All current moderators will still have their paws, but when they're claiming tickets or issuing warnings, you will just see that a moderator is handling you.

Changes are as follows:
- Reminders in Chat will be turned into notifications rather than Mod posts
- Reminders in Forums will be turned into notifications rather than Mod posts
- Tickets in Modbox will be handled by a "Moderator"

Tickets have been improved:
- Claiming and resolving tickets will have individual date stamps.
- Once a ticket has been solved, if you have any followup to the ticket for any reason, after 24 hours have passed there will be a button on the ticket that will allow you to make a new one which auto-links to the resolved ticket for reference.

We hope this new system will allow players to be sure they're talking to the Moderator Team. We always consult each other and stay in touch as much as possible. We are individuals, but we work together and want to be sure you're always receiving a response from the whole team.

EDIT: To calm down some players, administration can ALWAYS see which moderator is handling which player, ticket and so on. Mods can see it too. If you ever feel you have been wronged in the ticket, you can always link it when approaching admins <3

As Europeans, we don't really celebrate Thanksgiving, but as it's that time of year for the majority of our members, we'd like to say that we're extremely thankful for all of our amazing members. We wouldn't be where we are without you.

Here's some awesome things we want to share that we collected on the 20th of November:

This is a collective statistic of top 10 nationalities of Lioden players :D

This is a monthly graph showing a comparison in active users between 2016 and 2017 within the same time frame!

Here's more actual data on same day of 2016 and 2017 - amazing! We've had a growth in active members of about 60% on last year!! We are so truly touched and we love you all <3

The ToS quiz turned out to be a little intrusive, so we decided to move it to Chat and Forums only, meaning that it will pop up only when new players access the social parts of Lioden; otherwise, they can rollover and experience the game first without any prompts :D

Alongside this, we had it pointed out to us that a clause in our Terms of Service doesn't feel fair - a section that states that we do not have to issue a notice when the Terms are amended. Given that every update we make to the Terms comes automatically with a notification in the news, we have decided to amend this clause to better reflect our practices.

ToS Update:
The Terms of Service are subject to change at any time and Lioden will issue a notice of changes in the in-game news. If you do not agree with the Terms of Service, you must cease using the site immediately. By continuing to access Lioden you automatically agree to these Terms of Service, so we would recommend that you read them frequently to make sure you are aware of any changes.

One more thing:
Additionally, our new policy has removed the "Fine" option from the moderator tools, and we will no longer be issuing fines across accounts as a form of punishment. Steps will still be taken to withdraw additional currency if it was gained via an exploit or otherwise, but genuine currency will be left alone. We feel that it is no longer appropriate to issue in-game fines for poor behavior. Users may still be warned, temporarily suspended or banned if falling foul of the Terms of Service.

All instances of fining have been removed from the Terms to reflect this.
EDIT: Any new changes in ToS will display with dark red font.

Shad has updated avatar tags in Misc. and November! We also added tags from Berenos and Cryztal! Thanks for suggestions :D

Something we updated a few days ago but we want to explain the bug fix:
* Discarding items in stacks was making them stuck in a void - they have been mass dumped into Giving Tree upon fixing on the 21st, and discarding stacks will now work properly.

Raffle Lioness

Congrats Hyperactive one (#127534)! You have won the last raffle lady!
New lady with the Wilge River BG is up for impressing in Special Lioness area in Explore or in NEWS section under News Post List!

Polls and dev notes
Ooo Primal Smilus and Felis were head to head but Smilus looks to be your favourite Primal varation! Poor standard Primal, all forgotten. I love you, standard Primal.
LINK - Fun poll today! Which base of the ones we listed is your favourite? Yeah yeah, I know you will all vote Cinnabar. Right?

We'd like to bring your attention to the current situation regarding Net Neutrality. We normally wouldn't get involved with politics, and we ask for members to please try to remain politically neutral in the comments, but we feel this is important.

Net Neutrality is a vital part of the internet and it has the potential to be completely wiped out in a few weeks unless citizens actively fight against the changes the FCC are proposing. This could mean that small businesses like Lioden are forced to pay fees to make sure their members are able to access their websites with good internet speeds, or alternatively internet companies might start charging additional fees to connect to certain websites.

To learn more about Net Neutrality, and to find out who to contact about this, please visit BattleForTheNet.com.

This is primarily happening in the US, but it could affect the whole world as the internet is a wonderful place that connects us globally and we don't want to let go of that ❤️